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Addressing the climate crisis begins by talking about it.

Climate One is a one-hour weekly public radio program (newscast compatible) about energy, economy and the environment from the Commonwealth Club of California. Host Greg Dalton presents empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the climate crisis -- the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

Free to all stations. Contact Steve Martin steve@sfmconsulting.com or 703.715.0827 with carriage questions.

We’re living through a climate emergency; finding solutions starts by talking about it. Climate One is a weekly public radio program focused on elevating critical conversations around climate change. Since climate touches all aspects of our lives, we bring together diverse perspectives in empowering conversations: one week we might talk with Jane Goodall or Bill McKibben or an oil industry exec – sometimes on the same panel – and the next week we might hear first-hand stories from people who narrowly escaped a fire or a flood, and the next we might focus on democracy and climate justice. In all of this, we aim to connect the personal to the systemic, and empower conversations to continue beyond our show.


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A fundamental injustice of the climate crisis is that those who have contributed to it least are already bearing the brunt of the impacts, and that...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) took the national spotlight as the lead manager for the second impeachment trial of the former president. As a memb...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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Fossil fuel companies and others have spent decades casting doubt on climate science to allow them to continue to profit. As documented by climate ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Earlier this year, California regulators were set to propose significant changes to the incentives that drive rooftop solar installations. After wi...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Since March 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. At first, most people were willing to do what it takes to keep ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The IPCC released its latest report the same day as the U.S. Supreme Court heard the most environmentally significant case in a decade, all while R...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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It has been 3 million years since we’ve had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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Humans must dramatically rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow the planetary warming caused by centuries of fossil fuel combustion. But...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
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In a 20-year time frame, methane is 80 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. Nationally, 37% of methane emissions come from cows....

  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
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For years, fossil fuel companies have claimed to support climate science and policy. Many have recently pledged to hit net zero emissions by midcen...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
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The climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, winter wildfires, and last summer’s killer heat. It’s ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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With expanding electrical infrastructure and some jurisdictions beginning to ban gas appliances in new construction, the transition to a clean ener...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
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Corporate pledges of reaching net zero carbon emissions have quickly become commonplace. Critics argue that such pledges are mere greenwashing, and...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
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If corporations can be legal persons, why can’t Mother Earth? In 2017, New Zealand granted the Whanganui River the full legal rights of a person....

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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Beyond his position as chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr rose to global prominence in the business world with his po...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Each year, Climate One gives an award to a natural or social scientist for excellence in science communication. This year’s recipient of the Stephe...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
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Southeastern Virginia currently experiences the fastest rate of sea level rise on the Atlantic seaboard, and that’s only projected to accelerate. F...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing a...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00